The CIA World Factbook Edition 1993 Economy

Debt - external In 36 editions of 36.

Debt - external was published in 36 editions of the CIA World Factbook, from 1990 to 2025. The 1993 edition carries it in 234 entries, in its Economy section, under the heading “External debt”. Every entry is shown as that edition published it.

entries in the 1993 edition
234
the first edition with it
1990
the latest edition with it
2025

Published as “Debt - external” (1997 to 2025), “External debt” (1990 to 1996), “Debt--external” (1999) and “Debt-external” (1998).

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Entries with Debt - external in each edition

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World

1 entry

World

  • $1 trillion for less developed countries (1992 est.)

Africa

57 entries

Algeria

$26 billion (1992 est.)

Angola

$8 billion (1991)

Benin

$1 billion (December 1990 est.)

Botswana

$344 million (December 1991)

Burkina now Burkina Faso

$865 million (December 1991 est.)

Burundi

$1 billion (1990 est.)

Cape Verde now Cabo Verde

$156 million (1991)

Cameroon

$6 billion (1991)

Central African Republic

$859 million (1991)

Chad

$492 million (December 1990 est.)

Comoros

$196 million (1991 est.)

Zaire now Democratic Republic of the Congo

$9.2 billion (May 1992 est.)

Congo now Republic of the Congo

$4.1 billion (1991)

Cote d'Ivoire

$15 billion (1990 est.)

Djibouti

$355 million (December 1990)

Egypt

$38 billion (December 1991 est.)

Equatorial Guinea

$213 million (1990)

Eritrea

$NA

Swaziland now Eswatini

$290 million (1990)

Ethiopia

$3.48 billion (1991)

Gabon

$4.4 billion (1991)

The Gambia

$336 million (December 1990 est.)

Ghana

$4.6 billion (1992 est.)

Guinea

$2.6 billion (1990 est.)

Guinea-Bissau

$462 million (December 1990 est.)

Kenya

$7 billion (1992 est.)

Lesotho

$358 million (for public sector) (December 1990/91 est.)

Liberia

$1.6 billion (December 1990 est.)

Libya

  • $3.5 billion excluding military debt (1991 est.)

Madagascar

$4.4 billion (1991)

Malawi

$1.8 billion (December 1991 est.)

Mali

$2.6 billion (1991 est.)

Mauritania

$1.9 billion (1990)

Mauritius

$869 million (1991 est.)

Mayotte

$NA

Morocco

$20 billion (1991)

Mozambique

$5.4 billion (1991 est.)

Namibia

  • about $220 million (1992 est.)

Niger

$1.2 billion (December 1991 est.)

Nigeria

$33.4 billion (1991)

Reunion

$NA

Rwanda

$911 million (1990 est.)

Saint Helena now Saint Helena, Ascension, and Tristan da Cunha

$NA

Sao Tome and Principe

$163.6 million (1992)

Senegal

$2.9 billion (1990)

Seychelles

$189 million (1991 est.)

Sierra Leone

$633 million (FY92 est.)

Somalia

$1.9 billion (1989)

South Africa

$18 billion (1992 est.)

Sudan

$15 billion (June 1992 est.)

Tanzania

$6.44 billion (1992)

Togo

$1.3 billion (1991)

Tunisia

$7.7 billion (1992 est.)

Uganda

$1.9 billion (1991 est.)

Western Sahara

$NA

Zambia

$7.6 billion (1991)

Zimbabwe

$3.9 billion (March 1993 est.)

Arctic Region

2 entries

Greenland

$480 million (1990 est.)

Iceland

$3.9 billion (1992 est.)

Asia

22 entries

Afghanistan

$2.3 billion (March 1991 est.)

Armenia

$650 million (December 1991 est.)

Azerbaijan

$1.3 billion (1991 est.)

Bangladesh

$11.8 billion (FY92 est.)

Bhutan

$120 million (June 91)

China

$69.3 billion (1992)

Georgia

$650 million (1991 est.)

India

$73 billion (March 1992)

Japan

$NA

Kazakhstan

$2.6 billion (1991 est.)

Korea, North now North Korea

$8 billion (1992 est.)

Korea, South now South Korea

$42 billion (1992)

Kyrgyzstan

$650 million (1991)

Maldives

$90 million (1991)

Mongolia

$16.8 billion (yearend 1990); 98.6% with USSR

Nepal

$2 billion (FY92 est.)

Pakistan

$16.5 billion (1992 est.)

Russia

$80 billion (yearend 1992 est.)

Sri Lanka

$5.7 billion (1991 est.)

Tajikistan

$650 million (end of 1991 est.)

Turkmenistan

$650 million (end 1991 est.)

Uzbekistan

$2 billion (end 1991 est.)

Central America and the Caribbean

31 entries

Anguilla

$NA

Antigua and Barbuda

$250 million (1990 est.)

Aruba

$81 million (1987)

The Bahamas

$1.2 billion (December 1990)

Barbados

$750 million (1991 est.)

Belize

$143.7 million (1991)

British Virgin Islands

$4.5 million (1985)

Cayman Islands

$15 million (1986)

Costa Rica

$3.2 billion (1991)

Cuba

$6.8 billion (convertible currency, July 1989)

Dominica

$87 million (1991)

Dominican Republic

$4.7 billion (1992 est.)

El Salvador

$2.6 billion (December 1992)

Grenada

$104 million (1990 est.)

Guadeloupe

$NA

Guatemala

$2.5 billion (December 1992 est.)

Haiti

$838 million (December 1990)

Honduras

$2.8 billion (1990)

Jamaica

$4.4 billion (1991 est.)

Martinique

$NA

Montserrat

$2.05 million (1987)

Netherlands Antilles

$701 million (December 1987)

Nicaragua

$10 billion (December 1991)

Panama

$5.2 billion (year-end 1992 est.)

Puerto Rico

$NA

Saint Kitts and Nevis

$37.2 million (1990)

Saint Lucia

$65.7 million (1991 est.)

Saint Vincent and the Grenadines

$50.9 million (1989)

Trinidad and Tobago

$2.4 billion (1991)

Turks and Caicos Islands

$NA

Virgin Islands

$NA

Europe

45 entries

Albania

$500 million (1992 est.)

Andorra

$NA

Austria

$11.8 billion (1990 est.)

Belarus

$2.6 billion (end of 1991)

Belgium

$31.3 billion (1992 est.)

Bosnia and Herzegovina

$NA

Bulgaria

$12 billion (1991)

Croatia

$2.6 billion (will assume some part of foreign debt of former Yugoslavia)

Czech Republic now Czechia

  • $3.8 billion hard currency indebtedness (December 1992)

Denmark

$40 billion (1992 est.)

Estonia

$650 million (end of 1991)

Faroe Islands

$1.3 billion (1991)

Finland

$25 billion (1992)

France

$270 billion (December 1992)

Germany

$NA

Gibraltar

$318 million (1987)

Greece

$23.7 billion (1991)

Guernsey

$NA

Hungary

$23.5 billion (September 1992)

Ireland

$15 billion (1990)

Man, Isle of now Isle of Man

$NA

Italy

$42 billion (September 1992)

Jersey

$NA

Latvia

$650 million (1991 est.)

Liechtenstein

$NA

Lithuania

$650 million (1991 est.)

Luxembourg

$131.6 million (1989 est.)

Malta

$127 million (1990 est.)

Moldova

$100 million (1993 est.)

Monaco

$NA

Netherlands

$0

Macedonia now North Macedonia

$845.8 million

Norway

$6.5 billion (1992 est.)

Poland

$48.5 billion (January 1992); note - Poland's Western government creditors promised in 1991 to forgive 30% of Warsaw's official debt - currently $33 billion - immediately and to forgive another 20% in 1994, if Poland adheres to its IMF program

Portugal

$16.9 billion (1992 est.)

Romania

$3 billion (1992)

San Marino

$NA

Serbia and Montenegro

$4.2 billion (may assume some part of foreign debt of former Yugoslavia)

Slovakia

  • $1.9 billion hard currency indebtedness (December 1992)

Slovenia

$2.5 billion

Spain

$67.5 billion (1992 est.)

Sweden

$19.5 billion (1992 est.)

Switzerland

$NA

Ukraine

$12 billion (1992 est.)

United Kingdom

$16.2 billion (June 1992)

Middle East

17 entries

Bahrain

$1.8 billion (1991 est.)

Cyprus

$1.9 billion (1991)

Gaza Strip

$NA

Iran

$17 billion (FY91 est.)

Iraq

$45 billion (1989 est.), excluding debt of about $35 billion owed to Arab Gulf states

Israel

  • $25 billion of which government debt is $17 billion (December 1992 est.)

Jordan

$9 billion (December 1991 est.)

Kuwait

$7.2 billion (December 1989 est.)

note: external debt has grown substantially in 1991 and 1992 to pay for restoration of war damage

Lebanon

$400 million (1992 est.)

Oman

$3.1 billion (December 1989 est.)

Qatar

$1.1 billion (December 1989 est.)

Saudi Arabia

$18.9 billion (December 1989 est.)

Syria

$5.3 billion (1990 est.)

Turkey now Turkiye

$48.7 billion (1991)

United Arab Emirates

$11 billion (December 1989 est.)

West Bank

$NA

Yemen

$5.75 billion (December 1989 est.)

North America

5 entries

Bermuda

$NA

Canada

$247 billion (1987)

Mexico

$104 billion (1992 est.)

Saint Pierre and Miquelon

$NA

United States

$NA

Oceania

25 entries

American Samoa

$NA

Australia

$130.4 billion (June 1991)

Cook Islands

$NA

Fiji

$428 million (December 1990 est.)

French Polynesia

$NA

Guam

$NA

Kiribati

$2 million (December 1989 est.)

Marshall Islands

$NA

Micronesia, Federated States of now Federated States of Micronesia

$NA

Nauru

$33.3 million

New Caledonia

$NA

New Zealand

$38.5 billion (September 1992)

Niue

$NA

Norfolk Island

$NA

Northern Mariana Islands

$0

Pacific Islands, Trust Territory of the (Palau) now Palau

  • about $100 million (1989)

Papua New Guinea

$2.2 billion (April 1991)

Pitcairn Islands

$NA

Western Samoa now Samoa

$83 million (December 1990 est.)

Solomon Islands

$128 million (1988 est.)

Tokelau

$0

Tonga

$47.5 million (FY91)

Tuvalu

$NA

Vanuatu

$30 million (1990 est.)

Wallis and Futuna

$NA

South America

14 entries

Argentina

$54 billion (June 1992)

Bolivia

$3.7 billion (December 1992)

Brazil

$123.3 billion (December 1992)

Chile

$16.9 billion (year end 1991)

Colombia

$17 billion (1992)

Ecuador

$12.7 billion (1992)

Falkland Islands (Islas Malvinas)

$NA

French Guiana

$1.2 billion (1988)

Guyana

$2 billion including arrears (1990)

Paraguay

$1.2 billion (1992 est.)

Peru

$21 billion (December 1992 est.)

Suriname

$138 million (1990 est.)

Uruguay

$4.1 billion (1991)

Venezuela

$27.1 billion (1992)

Southeast Asia

15 entries

Brunei

$0

Burma now Burma (Myanmar)

$4 billion (1992)

Cambodia

$717 million (1990)

Christmas Island

$NA

Cocos (Keeling) Islands

$NA

Hong Kong

$9.5 billion (December 1990 est.)

Indonesia

$50.5 billion (1992 est.)

Laos

$1.1 billion (1990 est.)

Macau

$91 million (1985)

Malaysia

$25.7 billion (1992 est.)

Philippines

$29.8 billion (1992)

Singapore

$0 Singapore is a net creditor

Taiwan

$620 million (1992 est.)

Thailand

$33.4 billion (1991)

Vietnam

$16.8 billion (1990 est.)

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Central Intelligence Agency. The World Factbook 1993, “Debt - external”, all entries. Archived by The Factbook, thefactbook.org/fields/debt-external/1993.

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